How to install the vim plug-in with vim-plug

Background

Vim-plug is a Vim plug-in manager. We know that most editors now support plug-in extensions, which extend the functionality of editors through plug-ins. The vim editor also supports plug-ins, and its plug-ins are numerous, with very cool and high-end plug-ins. The plug-in of vim is an extension of vim function written by vimscript or other languages. Through the plug-in, the function of vim can be extended indefinitely.

There are prerequisites for learning the vim plug-in. You need to master the basic vim configuration, mapping settings, and so on.

Install the plug-in

A long time ago, the way to install plug-ins was to clone the plug-in code directly. But now that it is the 21st century, there are many vim plug-in managers that can help us install vim plug-ins quickly and easily. Current plug-in vim-plug, Vundle,Pathogen, etc.

Here we choose to use vim-plug, which is currently the most used and highly rated vim plug-in. Its github address is https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.

The installation method is also given in Readme.

Curl-fLo ~ / .vim/autoload/plug.vim-- create-dirs\ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

After downloading plug.vim, you need to add a few lines of code to ~ / .vimrc

Call plug#begin ('~ / .vim / plugged') "later plug-ins can be installed simply by writing the plug plug-in name here" Initialize plugin systemcall plug#end ()

Install the plug-in

Now let's install our first plug-in, vim-startify. It is an open-screen plug-in for vim with a very cool interface.

The installation method is very simple, we just need to add a line to ~ / .vimrc

Call plug#begin ('~ / .vim / plugged') Plug 'mhinz/vim-startify'call plug#end ()

Then use the command line mode to type the following command to reload

Source ~ / .vimrc

Or use save to exit and reload.

Now reopen the vim editor and tap in command line mode

: PlugInstall

At this point, the vim editor will have an extra window.

Seeing Done indicates that the installation is complete. Now, we use: qa to exit all windows. Then click vim at the terminal, and the following screen will appear.

This interface is not very cool.

Plug-in management

The above shows how to install a plug-in, but we may need to update or remove the plug-in sometimes. What should I do at this time? In fact, it is very simple, by typing a few commands on the command line.

Install the plug-in, PlugInstall [name...]. If you don't write name, it means to install all plug-ins written in the configuration file.

Update plug-in, PlugUpdate [name...]

Delete plug-ins, PlugClean, delete plug-ins that are not listed in the configuration file, and delete them by default. If you add!, there will be no hint.

Check the plug-in installation status, PlugStatus

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